Belfast Factsheet

Area

• Area 640km²
  
• Local Authorities Belfast, Lisburn and Castlereagh
  

Business and innovation

• Business Churn Rate (%) 2016 -0.67 (2/62)
  
• Business Closures (per 10,000 population) 2016 36.71 (44/63)
  
• Business Start-ups (per 10,000 population) 2016 34.84 (57/62)
  
• Business stock (per 10,000 population) 2016 280.37 (44/62)
  
• Patent Applications (per 100,000 of population) 2015 12.01 (42/63)
  

Demographics

• People Born Outside the UK (%) 2011 7.21 (48/63)
  
• Population Aged 0-17 (%) 2016 22.17 (23/63)
  
• Population Aged 18-29 (%) 2016 17.92 (23/63)
  
• Population Aged 30-44 (%) 2016 20.07 (21/63)
  
• Population Aged 45-64 (%) 2016 24.52 (30/63)
  
• Population Aged 65+ (%) 2016 15.31 (40/63)
  

Housing

• Households in Social Rentership (%) 2011 21.85 (18/63)
  
• Households Renting Privately or Living Rent-Free (%) 2011 18.06 (34/63)
  
• Households that Own or Part-Own Their Home (%) 2011 60.09 (44/63)
  
• Housing stock 2016 214,132 (14/63)
  

Jobs and Employment

• Claimant Count (%) August 2018 2.56 (23/63)
  
• Employment Rate (%) 2017 70.89 (43/63)
  
• Youth Claimant Count (%) August 2018 2.77 (26/63)
  

Size

• Population 2016 480,800 (16/63)
  

Skills, Wages and Inequality

• Average Weekly Workplace Earnings (£) 2017 513.5 (22/63)
  
• Pupils Achieving 5A*-C GCSEs inc. Maths & Eng. (%) 2016 66.53 (2/59)
  
• Working Age Population with a Qualification at NVQ4 or Above (%) 2016 35.1 (26/63)
  
• Working Age Population with No Formal Qualifications (%) 2016 13.7 (6/63)
  

Travel and Environment

• CO2 Emissions per Capita (tons) 2015 5.36 (15/63)
  
• Commuting by Bicycle (%) 2011 1.66 (45/63)
  
• Commuting by Bus, Train or Metro (%) 2011 11.9 (29/63)
  
• Commuting by Other Methods (%) 2011 0.6 (15/63)
  
• Commuting by Private Vehicle (%) 2011 66.14 (27/63)
  
• Commuting on Foot (%) 2011 11.74 (22/63)
  
• People who Work from Home (%) 2011 7.96 (31/59)
  
• Ultrafast Broadband (%) 2017 80.23 (27/63)